{"id":16009,"date":"2016-12-05T20:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16009"},"modified":"2016-12-05T17:09:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T16:09:02","slug":"sensors-galore-in-this-great-guide-to-components-suitable-for-using-with-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16009","title":{"rendered":"Sensors galore in this great guide to components suitable for using with the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tutorials-raspberrypi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/50-Raspberry-Pi-Sensors-and-Components-500x432.jpg?resize=500%2C432\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a nice post I discovered to get your money-spending fingers twitching. 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